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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch below the video illustrating the story of Horatio Spafford and his hymn, “It is Well with My Soul.”]] Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888) was a wealthy Chicago businessman and lawyer, married with...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. John 12:20-21 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Frances Jane van Alstyne, more commonly known as Fanny Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with more...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (Download the checklist document of names and titles for Jesus, below.) Lent is one of the oldest Christian practices, dating back to the first-century church. However, Lent wasn’t formally declared a church...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Check out our “Get Started List for Lent” (below). Lent begins a season of 40 days prior to Easter Sunday. It is intended to be a time of reflection and preparation to celebrate Easter, much in the same...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We all experience challenges in life. If life is not tough for you right now, just wait. I’m sure you know that it will be soon. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, but you know it’s true....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When fear grips us, where do we look? The Bible teaches us a great lesson about the importance of looking to Jesus (don’t miss the video below). Peter’s Fear When I think of mind-controlling fear that...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The world uses the word “love” very loosely. We love chocolate, we love our car, we love a TV show. The list goes on and on. We hear the word “love” being used in ways that diminish its...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a song from the 1960s that posed a most profound question, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The lyrics are secular, but the refrain is hauntingly provocative: What’s love got to do,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Fear is an infectious disease that doesn’t kill the body but rather controls the mind, crushes the soul, and hardens the heart. Fear is not of faith. Rather, it is one of Satan’s greatest tools to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Eschatology is the study of end times.Both the Bible and the Quran have very clear end-times prophecies.So how do Christian eschatology and Islamic eschatology differ? ***A Hidden Message in Psalm 23?*** Hidden...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. How we can hear God’s voice in darkness and despair, depression and anxiety, aloneness, sadness, and suffering? Let’s consider what we can learn from the psalms. Many of speak profoundly about emotions...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There is clearly proclaimed a curse upon the bloodline of Jeconiah in Jeremiah 22:30 God declared that none of Jeconiah’s descendants would ever reign over Israel. Jeremiah 22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The verses in question are from the prophet Habakkuk, the apostle Paul, and the writer of Hebrews (whom most believe was Paul). Hab 2:4 … the just shall live by his faith. Rom 1:17 …The just shall...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. With the annual memorial of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we remember his most famous speech, titled, “I Have a Dream.” In that speech, he quoted two Old Testament prophets. Step back in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On Christmas Day we light the candle at the center of all the other candles. It is the CHRIST candle and it represents Jesus as the giver of HOPE, LOVE, JOY, and PEACE. Take a minute and watch this incredibly...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Baking Scripture Cookies is a fun activity for all. The recipe incorporates Bible reading to determine the ingredients and offers an opportunity to open a spiritual discussion. And, of course, the activity ends...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a popular Christmas song that asks the question, “Mary, did you know…?” Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your baby boy...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. ***A Hidden Message in Psalm 23?*** Hidden in the six verses of Psalm 23 are 11 names for Jesus. When you subscribe to our newsletter, we’ll send you The Names of God in Psalm 23 PDF that reveals all 11 names...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In 2020 and 2021, amidst all the upheaval and changes in our world, my Bible study talked a lot about current events. We discussed: Critical Race Theory and Cultural Marxism Gender confusion and Homosexuality Right...
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